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Figure 3.— Physical Subdivisions 



Atlantic Coastal Zone 

 Gulf Coastal Zone 

 Atlantic Coastal Flats 

 Gulf Coastal Flats 

 Gulf-Atlantic Rolling Plain 

 Lower Mississippi Alluvial Plain 

 Eastern Highlands 



8 Dakota ■ fylinnesota Drift and Lake-bed Flats 



9 Upper Midwest 



10 Central Hills and Plains 



11 Rocky Mountains 



12 Intermontane 



13 Pacific Mountains 



Scale 1-17,000.000 

 100 200 300 400 Miles 



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